User Engagement Workshop 17th May 2022 (1300 BST / 1400 CET):

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding an online User Engagement Workshop on Tuesday 17th May at 1300 BST / 1400 CET. Through this workshop we hope to consult agencies and groups working along the coast from the regions of interest: Severn Estuary (UK) and Rhone Delta (France); to identify gaps and priorities for water level monitoring requirements.

Click on the links for invitations in English and French

You can register for the workshop here

Project Kick-Off:

The Kick Off meeting was held on Friday 11th March, as an online meeting. The project timetable was agreed and plans confirmed for activities in the first three months.

Severn Estuary

Rhone Delta

Project Manager: David Cotton, SatOC (d.cotton at satoc.eu)

Interested?

If you are interested in accessing any of the data sets contact the Project Manager at the above address.

Task 1 (March 2022 to February 2023):
User Engagement and Application Road Map

• Review with stakeholders to identify key issues and requirements.
• Workshops to present project results and invite recommendations.
• Development of proposals for implementing a long term solution to meet user needs, adding to existing networks.
• The output will be a publicly available Application Road Map

Task 2 (March 2022 to February 2023): Fully Focused SAR processing and water level analysis

• DTU will implement the FF SAR SMAP processor and apply to Sentinel 3A and 3B data over the two study regions (Severn Estuary in the UK, and the Rhone delta in southern France)
• The processed FF SAR data will be validated against in situ data, and evaluated in terms of its ability to map small scale coastal features.

• Outputs
• Data Sets: data will be made available online via links on the project website
• Technical Report: Validation and evaluation results will be provided in a Product Validation Report

Task 3 (March 2022 to February 2023): Installation and operation of microstations, drone campaign

• VorteX.Io will install 2 micro-stations in each study region, as soon as possible to maximise the time series.
• A drone survey will be carried out in each region to perform water surface measurements to link the in-situ data to the satellite tracks.

• Outputs
  
• Data Sets: Campaign data will be made available via links on the project website
• Campaign Report: A Campaign Report will provide analysis of data and summarise the operations.

Meetings

Project Kick Off (March 2022): Planning and confirmation of project timetable

User Engagement Workshop (17th May 2022):  (Online meeting) Introduce project, gather feedback from users in the two locations.

Mid Term Review (September 2022):  Review of stakeholder input, presentation of interim data sets and validation results.

User Workshops (January 2023): Presentation of project results, gather feedback and recommendations from users.

Final Review (February 2023): Presentation and review of project results.